HardCraft
by ctop3top
HardCraft changes how mobs, deaths and the player's health behave, with difficulty-scaled effects on Forge for 1.20.1.
What it does
Spawned mobs may be given strength, regeneration, resistance or speed, with the strength of each effect scaled to the chosen difficulty. Zombies have a chance to become bosses that gain speed, strength, resistance and regeneration. Skeletons and spiders can appear in alternate forms, such as wither skeletons and cave spiders, and undead mobs can spawn clones of themselves.
The mod also changes the player. Taking damage can blind the player, a player under 10 HP receives weakness and slowness, and a player whose HP drops below 4 is affected by an amplifier that matches the difficulty level. Eating meat carries a small chance of poison, with a higher chance of hunger. On death the player may cause a creeper to spawn at the death location, and killed mobs can drop larger loot such as iron, gold and diamonds. A Bloody World difficulty makes charged creepers always spawn.
HardCraft is published for Forge only, with files for 1.19.2, 1.19.4 and 1.20.1. The license is All rights reserved, so the code is not open source.
Key features
Boosted mob spawns
Spawned mobs can gain strength, regeneration, resistance or speed, with effect levels that scale to the difficulty.
Boss zombies
Some zombie spawns become bosses with added speed, strength, resistance and regeneration.
Mob variants and clones
Skeletons and spiders appear as alternate versions such as wither skeletons and cave spiders, and undead mobs can duplicate themselves.
Player death and poison
Dying can summon a creeper at the death location, and meat has a small chance of poisoning the player.
Low health penalties
Players with less than 10 HP receive weakness and slowness, with stronger effects as HP falls below 4.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
No Skeletons is server-side only, published for 1.20.1 under All rights reserved, and removes skeletons rather than adding variants. No Creepers is server required with client optional, also All rights reserved for 1.20.1, and covers creepers instead. Balanced Skeleton is client and server, All rights reserved and for 1.20.1, and changes skeleton behavior. HardCraft covers more mob types on a single version, 1.20.1 among its three.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HardCraft | Forge | 1.19.2 – 1.20.1 | Not published | 2025-08-27 |
| No Skeletons | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server-side only | 2025-07-18 |
| No Creepers | Forge | 1.20.1 | Server required, client optional | 2025-08-28 |
| Balanced Skeleton | Forge | 1.20.1 | Client and server | 2026-04-26 |
Questions
Does HardCraft need to be installed on the server?
Which Minecraft versions does HardCraft support?
Can HardCraft be used with Monsters Level Up?
In the catalog
HardCraft is one of 11,058 Mobs mods on ModsFinder, and one of 6,527 Mobs mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/hardcraft
- Owner
- ctop3top
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2025-08-27
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15